} Teboho Setena
THE Free State Department of Education is
determined that the late delivery of
workbooks at a school in the Lejweleputswa District will not affect performance.
Books for both the first and second term
including Mathematics, Sotho and English
books, were recently delivered to the Hani
Park Primary School in Welkom.
Express Goldfields & NFS reliably learnt
that the books were expected to be delivered long before the schools opened for the
2014 school year. However, the books were
delivered just two weeks before the
learners started writing their second term
examinations.
This publication was reliably informed
that at some schools the books were
delivered just a day before the recent
general elections on 7 May.
Howard Ndaba, the department spokesperson, said textbooks had been delivered
on time with the exception of workbooks
that had been delivered on 6 May. He
added that the department was aiming at
achieving a good pass rate in the province:
a matric result of 90% with 40% qualifying
for a bachelor’s university entry.

However, he could not clarify what had
caused the late delivery of workbooks that
saw learners having to study without
workbooks the first and the better part of
the second term.
Ndaba was also unable to say how
critical the workbooks were in learning
and teaching as well as the problems late
delivery might have caused.
Meanwhile, the South African Human
Rights Commission (SAHRC) has since
strongly warned that the failure to deliver
learning material, including textbooks at
schools, affects the rights of learners to
education.
This comes after a recent ruling by the
North Gauteng High Court against the
Limpopo Province’s Department of Education to force authorities to deliver outstanding textbooks. Basic Education For All
(Befa) took the department to court,
supported by civil rights group Section27,
because not all Limpopo learners had
received their textbooks for this year.
The findings of the commission were that
there were vast disparities between
provinces in terms of their proficiency and
success at managing the delivery of
textbooks or learning material.

WORKBOOKS delivered.

Budget tries to strike a balance
SEBENZILE NGANbased on a pay rate of
GELIZWE, the mayor
72%. The budget is for
of the Matjhabeng
the towns forming
Municipality, is of the
Matjhabeng – Welkom,
view that the proposed
Virginia, Odendaalannual budget reflects
srus, Allanridge,
the collective determiVentersburg and
nation of the municiHennenman.
pality to address the
Ngangelizwe said
challenges of striking a
the municipality had
balance between a
SEBENZILE NGAN­ made provision for
struggling local and
bad debts of
GELIZWE
Photo: Teboho Setena
national economy.
R344 917 941. The
Presented during the
capital budget for the
council meeting last Friday, the
2014-’15 financial year is
budget for the 2014-’15 financial
R198 246 000 comprising Municipal
year is
Infrastructure Grant (MIG) funding
R1 954 071 637. The proposed
of R156 246 000 and internally
income to be collected from the
generated funds of
budgeted income is R1 609 153 696,
R42 000 000.

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He said the annual budget
continued to respond to the
mandate of the Matjhabeng Local
Municipality for infrastructure
maintenance, infrastructure
development and local economic
development.
“We realise that the 2014-’15
financial year should be approached with realism and fiscal
discipline to accomplish identified
priorities. The annual budget
continues to respond to the
mandate of the Matjhabeng Local
Municipality for infrastructure
maintenance, infrastructure
development and local economic
development,” he said.
Ngangelize said the projected
revenue for the financial year

2014-’15 was based on a projected
pay rate of 72% for 2014-’15, which
was informed by a revenue
collection rate year to date of 70%
at 31 January.
The 2014-’15 budget has
proposed a tariff increase for
the following services:
) Water: The proposed increase by
Sedibeng is 8%. However, the
municipality proposes an increase
of 4% in the water tariffs for the
2014-’15 financial year;
) Electricity: There will be an
increase of 7,39% in electricity
tariffs for the 2014-’15 financial
year as stipulated by Nersa and
the National Treasury;
) Rates: It is proposed that the
assessment rates increase with 6%.

As from the 2014-’15 financial year,
agriculture will pay 75% for
assessment rates with a discount
of 25% and
) Refuse and sewerage: An
increase of 5,5% in refuse and
sewerage rates has been proposed.
Ngangelizwe said the decisions
that had led to the budget had
been influenced by two very
important factors: The aspirations
of the community as reflected in
the public participation process
and other engagement activities
which provided a platform for
communities to raise their concerns about service delivery and
other matters, and the need to plan
for a long-term financial sustainable future for the municipality.

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NEWS
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THE House of Hope staff members with some of the children in their care are from the left Matshiliso
Seela, Franci Harmse and Nopi Khathatse.
Photos: Teboho Setena

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Ref. No. 18292
In this role, the successful candidate will be required to
oversee Boilermaker/Fitters when undertaking plant
maintenance and repairs, manufacture equipment as per
drawing, install steel structures, plan daily activities as well as
shutdowns and ensure the availability of spares needed. He/
she must be able to communicate with contractors, suppliers
and external stakeholders when needed, adhere to Health,
Safety and Environmental standards as well as housekeeping.
Applicants must be in possession of a recognised Mechanical
Trade Test Certificate (Section 13) and an N2 or Technical
Matric. A formal qualification as a Foreman, backed by
appropriate experience would be highly commendable.
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the
required skills and have proven experience as an engineering
supervisor in a mining/heavy industry and workshop.
A Code 08 (EB) driver’s licence as well as own transport
is essential, along with the ability to communicate clearly
in English and willingness to be on standby and work
shifts during shutdown periods if needed. Applicants will
be subjected to medical examination as a prerequisite to
employment.

Send a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae,
quoting the relevant reference number, to e-mail:
isabel.taljaard@glencore.co.za or fax: 086 532 1760.
Closing date: 18 June 2014
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• Operational management of plant • Budget management • Continuous
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A market-related remuneration package that corresponds with the profile of
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Send a full CV (proof must be provided on request) to Lynnette Janse
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Closing date: 20 June 2014 at 12:00
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Home a safe haven

} Motlalepule Mokgosi

THE House of Hope Project in
Welkom is celebrating its tenth
anniversary.
Situated in Stateway, it was
started in 2004 and is now
housing more than 27 vulnerable
children. A safe haven for
vulnerable children, it serves as
a safe house for abandoned
babies and toddlers with special
needs, infected or affected by
HIV and Aids.
In pursuit of its mission to
give hope to the hopeless, the
centre has managed to help
place abandoned children in
care and have the society
embrace them.
“House of Hope was started by
members of the AFM Deo Doxa
because the community had a
high rate of abandoned babies
most of whom were infected
with HIV or Aids.
“It was challenging to sustain
the project but with the support
of the community and also with
assistance in funding from the
private sector we managed to
pull through,” said Jackie Botes,
project manager at the centre.
She said the church was the
facilitator of the centre’s
operations and that there was
still a lot that could be done to
safeguard children.
“We should not be celebrating
Green Ribbons Day known as
Child Protection Day. The
emphasis should be to give

JACKIE BOTES, the project manager
of House of Hope in Welkom.
guidance to children because once
they start school they begin to ask
questions.
“Why did their parents neglected
them? Why did they infect them
with HIV and Aids?
“We try to heal them because
they are hurting – which is normal.
We all need parents,” she said.
She said the negativity of the
community regarding the HIV and
Aids status of children was one of
the challenges they had to overcome.
“We had to educate the community,” Botes told Express Goldfields &
Northern Free State.
Apart from financial support, she
said they also needed educational
material like Mathematics and
Science books for the 18 children at
the house.

House of Hope is growing
from strength to strength. It has
expanded to support the community in its daily challenges,
including pregnancy and drug
addiction, to assure that the
rights of children relating to
care and protection as contained
in the Constitution are realised.
They will be renaming the Zoë
Life Centre were assistance is
given with pregnancy testing,
pre-abortion counselling and
post-abortion support to women
in crises.
Botes attributed their expansion to the growing need for
their services in the community.
She said they were dealing
with numerous rape cases
resulting in mothers losing their
babies because it is such a
traumatic experience.
She said these women,
however, received counselling
from social workers that would
help them get back on their feet.
Botes encouraged the victims
to not give up.
“The greatest advice is to live
20 years with happiness and to
forget about the 16 years of
disappointment.”
A new programme for drug
addicts faced with difficulties,
called Tough Love for Drugs,
will be added at the centre.
It aims to make addicts realise
they are creating even worse
problems for themselves by
doing drugs and thinking it
might solve their problems.

Blood a valuable resource

THE South African National Blood
Service (SANBS) appeals to the
public to support its on-going blood
donation campaign themed Give
Blood for those Who Give Life. The
campaign coincides with the international drive that will see countries
around the world commemorate
World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) on
14 June. The Welkom branch of the
SANBS has set the target to collect
730 units of blood for June in
support of the goodwill initiative.
The global blood donation initiative aims at raising awareness of the
need for safe, good-quality blood and
blood products and honours the
many voluntary unpaid blood donors
for their life-saving gifts of blood.
World Blood Donor Day’s purpose is
further to create widespread awareness about the need for the availability and appropriate use of safe blood
and blood products, and the need for
many more people to make a
commitment to regular voluntary
unpaid blood donation.

Established in 2004, the campaign
falls on the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, who discovered the ABO
blood group system, which is used
today to ensure safe blood transfusions.
The WBD Day is an annual event
that is jointly sponsored by the
World Health Organisation. It is one
of eight official international public
health campaigns marked by the
World Health Organisation (WHO).
This year’s campaign Safe Blood
for Saving Mothers is to develop a
strategy to highlight the need for
timely access to safe blood in the
prevention of maternal deaths. The
death of a woman from complications during childbirth continues to
be a serious global health challenge.
Approximately 800 women die from
pregnancy or childbirth-related
complications daily.
Just about all of these deaths occur
in developing countries. More than
half of them take place in sub-Saharan Africa and almost one third in

South Asia. The risk of maternal
mortality is highest for adolescent
girls under 15 years of age. Severe
bleeding during delivery and after
childbirth is a major cause of death,
illness and long-term disability.
Largely, it is the most common cause
of maternal mortality and contributes to around 34% of maternal
deaths in Africa, 31% in Asia and
21% in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
The SANBS has dedicated the
entire month of June to increase
awareness regarding the critical
need for timely access to safe blood
as part of a comprehensive approach
to preventing maternal deaths. Blood
transfusion has been identified as
one of the nine key life-saving
interventions for the management of
pregnancy-related complications.
“Childbirth and other gynaecologic
complications are amongst the
highest demand for blood daily in
South Africa,” said Vanessa Raju,
SANBS communication manager.

EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014

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NEWS

Robbery shocks Thabong
THE Thabong Police are on
a full-scale manhunt for four
armed robbers who went on
a rampage robbing a mini-supermarket and raping two
women last Thursday.
The incident sent shockwaves through the community and took place at about
01:30. The suspects, who are
still at large, gained access to
the dwelling by breaking the
bedroom wall which is
adjacent to the supermarket
situated in Constantia Road
in Welkom’s township of
Thabong.
Malebo Khosana, the police
spokesperson, said the
suspects went on to break
down the door of the room.
He said the three victims,
the supermarket owner, a
Bangladeshi national, his
wife and their employee, a
woman, woke up to a loud
banging as the robbers broke
through the wall of the
dwelling.
Khosana said the robbers,
of whom three had covered
their faces with scarves, had
overpowered the victims.
“The owner and the wife
ran to the kitchen where
their employee was sleeping.
They then all entered the
shop to seek refuge. One of
the four suspects pointed a
firearm at the owner and
demanded money. All the
money in the supermarket
was stolen. The employee
was raped by three of the
suspects in full view of the

WO THABISO TWALA shows the hole through which four armed robbers gained access
to a shop and house where they raped two women and robbed the shop owner.
shop owner, while his wife
was taken to a bathroom
where she was raped by all
four of the men.
“The robbers used tape to
tie their hands and cover
their mouths before fleeing
the scene with money,
airtime vouchers, cigarettes,
some stock and a black
Nokia cellphone.
“The suspects assaulted the
supermarket owner stabbing
him with a knife and beating
him with a steel pipe. He
was admitted to hospital with
multiple injuries sustained to
the the head and hands,”

said Khosana.
He said the stolen items
were worth about R12 700
and an undisclosed amount
of money was stolen. The
suspect who was armed with
a firearm was light in
complexion, slender and tall.
He was wearing a black
tracksuit top, sky blue jeans
and black All Star sneakers.
The second was in possession
of a knife, dark-skinned,
slender and of medium
height and he was wearing a
green tracksuit top. The
other two were also dark in
complexion, of medium

height and of medium build.
One of them was wearing red
trousers and all of them
spoke Sotho.
Khosana said they were
investigating a case of house
robbery, attempted murder
and seven counts of rape. He
is appealing to the community to assist the police by
providing information that
can lead to the arrest of the
suspects. Anyone with
information can call the
investigative officer Raboi
Sehume on 079-433-2729 or
057-910 2300 during office
hours.

Gang members
sentenced to 18
years for murder
TWO members of the
gang known as Vatos
Logos, Samukeliso Prince
Dlalisa (23) and Mohau
Ravaza Manyeli (24), will
each spend 18 years in
prison for the murder of
Dikano Wellington
Selane.
The Kroonstad High
Court found them guilty
after their recent
appearance for the
gruesome murder of the
deceased.
The third accused in
the murder case, Papi
Daniel Nakedi (19), was
acquitted by the court.
The murder took place
on 13 December 2013 at
Oppenheimer Park in
Thabong, Welkom.
The assailants attacked
Selane and stabbed him
at about 08:00 in broad
daylight. The deceased
was a member of a rival
gang known as the
International Junior
Portuguese (IJP).
Selane’s killers waited
for him at a salon.
“Prince called him.
Before he could say
something they stabbed
him and he fell to the
ground,” said Malebo
Khosana, the Thabong
Police spokesperson.
He said the deceased
had been rescued from
his violent assailants by

a community member,
who had used a broom to
stop the men from
further harming Selane.
Khosana said the
members of the police
who had rushed to the
crime scene had found
the victim weak and
unable to talk following
the brutal assault.
He had multiple stab
wounds to the right
hand, neck and left
cheek.
Khosana said Selane
had been taken to the
Bongani Regional
Hospital where he had
later died.
Const. Klaas Mofukunyane, the investigating
officer, arrested the three
suspects after an in-depth
investigation.
Lt Gen. Simon
Mpembe, the Free State
police commissioner,
welcomed the outcome of
the case in terms of the
police’s fight against
gangsterism.
“Mofukunyane and the
members who assisted
him have done us proud.
“We welcome the
verdict by our courts
conveying a message to
youngsters involved in
criminal group activities
that their evil acts will
not go unpunished,” said
Mpembe.

Job competition
on to phase 2
THE 2014 Free State
enterPRIZE Job
Creation Challenge
sponsors have
shortlisted over 100
applicants for the
initiative’s first
phase. These selected
applicants will move
onto the next phase
of the challenge
where they will be
WINNIE SEREECO
taught invaluable
presentation skills
which will stand them in good stead to
ultimately realise their business aspirations.
This exciting competition is aimed at job
creation through the development of small
and medium enterprises in the Free State.
The initiative is a partnership between the
International Labour Organisation (ILO) and
the Department of Economic Development,
Tourism and Environmental Affairs (Detea),
the Small Enterprise Development Agency
(Seda) and the Flemish International
Cooperation Agency (Fica).
“We are extremely pleased with the
number of entries received. When we started
this initiative in 2013 we received 549
applications. This year we received 768
excellent proposals from numerous sectors
which we evaluated according to job creation, growth potential, sustainability, market
demand, innovation, as well as relevant
expertise. We managed to narrow these down
to 121 applicants who will move on to the
next phase of the challenge,” said Winnie
Sereeco, ILO national project coordinator.
The shortlisted candidates will take part in
a one-day training workshop at the University of the Free State (UFS).
Thereafter, their business case will be
moved on to the third phase of the Free State
enterPRIZE Job Creation Challenge where
they will be required to present their
business plans to a panel of judges at the
UFS.
The winners and runners-up will share
R7,5 million in prizes, in different categories.
These prizes are set to be announced at a
gala dinner on 19 June.
Additional support and prizes will be
provided by sponsors that include Nedbank,
Microsoft, Deloitte, Blue Pencil, Microsoft
BizSpark, Free State Agriculture, Petco,
Gramercy Millennium Group, Development
Franchising, Sport for All, PVC, New Africa,
UFS, CUT, Inobits and ViGO.

• Safety conscious
• A conscientious, self-disciplined approach
• Responsible and committed
• Emotional resilience
• A team player
• The ability to perform physical work
• A positive attitude
• The ability to work shifts
• The ability to work under pressure
• The ability to work in hot and dusty areas
Reference Number: 329-1667543DM
Closing Date: 22 June 2014
NB:
A CV must be submitted, accompanied by a GA20 application
form, which can be obtained at the security gates at the different
power stations (alternative to electronic applications). Include
proof of your permanent residential address.
All completed documents can be handed in at the security
offices (the job application reference number must be quoted
on the application form).
You may also apply by visiting our website www.eskom.co.za
and clicking on a career at Eskom.
The principles as set out in Eskom’s employment equity policy will
apply. If you have not been contacted within 28 days of the closing
date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was
unsuccessful.
Disabled candidates are welcome to apply.

Be the
sports
star of
June
SUPERSPORT’S LET’S PLAY
and Express Goldfields & NFS are
searching for talented youths in
the region that excel in different
sporting codes. Are you or
someone at your school good at
sport? Are you a young coach
who is coaching future stars? We
want to hear from you.
SuperSport’s Let’s Play identified the need amongst the youth
to get more sports active to
enable them to expose their
talent.
With this in mind, SuperSport
and Let’s Play, in association
with Express Goldfields & NFS,
have launched a special initiative
for 2014. They want to find and
give recognition to learners at
either primary or high school
level who excel in sport.
This is a competition for
anyone aged 6 to 18. The winner
is chosen from all the nominations received for that month.
The monthly winner will receive
a Let’s Play hamper. From all the
entries received each month, one
athlete will be chosen as the
SuperSport Let’s Play Sports Star
of the Month. At the end of the
year one candidate from all the
winners during the year will be
chosen as the SuperSport Let’s
Play Sports Star of the Year.
Send your nomination today.
Nominations received before the
20th of every month will be
included in that month’s selection. Nominations received after
the 20th of every month will be
carried over to the next month’s
selection. Nominations must
include your name, age and a
short paragraph (200 words or
less) on what you have achieved,
as well as your contact details.
You can email your nomination
to supersport@zpr.co.za or send a
fax to 086-552-4922. For more
information contact Lynne or
Juanré on 051-522-9574.

For more photos and a
video of the youngster
Molaodi Matlokotsi
(see below),
go to
www.express-news.co.za

Bright future beckons
} Teboho Setena
A BRIGHT FUTURE beckons
for Molaodi Matlokotsi in
playing football at a high level.
The teenager is set to return
for final assessment by giants
SuperSport United early in
July with the prospect of being
enlisted by the Premiership
outfit. Matlokotsi returned on
Sunday from the first-leg
assessment in Pretoria where
he had spent a gruelling week
of trials.
Playing as an offensive midfielder on left wing, he impressed
the Pretoria-based team that is
currently on the hunt for an ideal
candidate to bolster the team for
when the 2015-’16 season commences in August.
The aspiring youngster is
currently a gr. 11 learner at the
Harmony High School and also
one of the players in the Harmony Sports Academy football
division headed by Pitso Mokoena as the development head
coach.
“The boy has football talent.
The fact that he has been called
for final assessment shows he is
talented. Matlokotsi is a completely different player or person,
is disciplined and humble. He
doesn’t hide his background,”
said Mokoena, former Free State
Stars midfielder.
Matlokotsi’s unexpected
invitation by SuperSport, the
former three-time Absa
Premiership champions, came
shortly after his impressive
form at a series of youth
development tournaments, the
most recent being the interprovincial South African Football
Association (Safa) u.20 champion-

DESTINED FOR STARDOM: Youngster Molaodi Matlokotsi (left) and Pitso Mokoena, Harmony Sports
Academy football coach.
Photo: Teboho Setena
ship staged in Bloemfontein.
Matlokotsi was one of the
players selected by Ephraim
“Shakes” Mashaba for an u.20
camp.
However, the prominent mentor
decided to not include the
youngster in the 23-member
squad of the u.20 team currently
campaigning to qualify for the

‘I’m delighted about the opportunity and
motivated. My coach, Pitso, always encour­
ages us to work hard, to be disciplined and to
play with passion. I attribute all this to his
mentoring.’ – Molaodi Matlokotsi

2015 African Youth Championships.
Matlokotsi’s exclusion saw a
window of opportunity open with
SuperSport inviting him for trials
to assess his football ability.
“I did not expect to receive a
call-up by a professional team so
soon. I’m delighted about the
opportunity and motivated. My
coach, Pitso, always encourages
us to work hard, to be disciplined
and to play with passion. I
attribute all this to his mentoring,” he said.
Matlokotsi was one of the
players in the squad that represented the Free State at the u.20
inter-provincial tournament in
Bloemfontein.
He was part of the Free State
u.17 team that participated at the
2011 national tournament in Port

Elizabeth where Mokoena spotted
his talent.
“He has improved drastically
over the five years,” said coach
Mokoena.
Raised by a single parent,
Mamotse Matlokotsi, he was born
and bred in Welkom’s township
of Thabong. He currently lives
with his mother and two siblings
at D Hostel. He grew up playing
soccer with his peers in the dusty
streets of the township.
“My mother played a significant role in unleashing my talent.
She registered me with the local
team Dinonyana FC at the tender
age of ten, I think. I think she
realised I had a talent for
football,” said the teenager.
The left-footed player dreams of
playing for a Premiership and
National First Division team.